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by thaumasiotes 2460 days ago
> the English "glass" is "glas" in Swedish, but the Swedish "glass" is "ice cream" in English

I feel the urge to speculate that Swedish "glas" comes down from proto-Germanic, while "glass" is a loan from French "glace".

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You are exactly right.
Which makes isglass such a great word.